Author unknown ~ As heard on Insight for Living ~ read by Chuck Swindoll ~ Hilarious!
Dear Mom and Dad,
Our Scout Master told us to write home to our parents in case you saw the flood on television and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and two sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily none of us got drowned, because we were all up in the mountains looking for Chad when it happened. Oh, yes! Please call Chad's mom and tell her that he's okay. He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the Search and Rescue jeeps. It was neat! We never would have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightening. Our Scout Master, Walt, got really mad at Chad for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it was probably during the fire, so he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put gas on a fire the gas can will blow up? The wet wood did not burn, but one of the tents did. David is going to look weird until his hair grows back!
Now we'll all be home on Saturday, if Scout Master Walt, gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked okay when we left. Scout Master Walt said that with a car that old, you have to expect something to break down. That's probably why he can't get any insurance. We think it's a neat car! He doesn't care if we get it dirty and sometimes when it's hot, he lets us ride on the fenders. We just take turns. But it gets pretty hot with ten people in a car! He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the Highway Patrolman stopped and talked to us. Scout Master Walt is a neat guy! In fact, he's teaching Terry how to drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. Did you know that you don't need guardrails on roads that don't have much traffic? All we ever see up there are logging trucks.
This morning all the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. Scout Master Walt wouldn't let me, cause I can't swim, and Chad was afraid he'd sink because of that big cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake together. It was so great! You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood. Scout Master Walt isn't crabby like some scout masters. He didn't even get mad about our losing the life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the old car, so we're trying not to cause him any trouble.
Guess what? We have all passed the test for our First Aid merit badges. When Dave dove into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Wade and I threw up, but Scout Master Walt said it was probably food poisoning from the leftovers from the old chicken. He said they used to get sick that way from the food they ate in prison. I'm glad he got out, because he became our scout master! He said he sure figured out how to get things done better while he was doing time. I have to go now. We're going to town to mail letters and buy bullets. Don't worry about anything! We're all fine!
Love, Cole
Note from Lois: Regardless of this wild and hilarious letter written home about camp, there are many wonderful camps that treat your children and grandchildren as the treasures that they are, as well as teach biblical principles! I hope you look up one!
HOW TO SURVIVE BABY BOOT CAMP
When you bring your baby home from the hospital, the rigors of basic training begin.
Read this article by Rebecca Ingram Powell: http://www.family.org/parenting/A000000457.cfm
She is a wife, mother of three, and the author of Baby Boot Camp: Basic Training for the First Six Weeks of Motherhood. You can visit her website at http://www.rebeccapowell.com
Dear Mom and Dad,
Our Scout Master told us to write home to our parents in case you saw the flood on television and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and two sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily none of us got drowned, because we were all up in the mountains looking for Chad when it happened. Oh, yes! Please call Chad's mom and tell her that he's okay. He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the Search and Rescue jeeps. It was neat! We never would have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightening. Our Scout Master, Walt, got really mad at Chad for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it was probably during the fire, so he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put gas on a fire the gas can will blow up? The wet wood did not burn, but one of the tents did. David is going to look weird until his hair grows back!
Now we'll all be home on Saturday, if Scout Master Walt, gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked okay when we left. Scout Master Walt said that with a car that old, you have to expect something to break down. That's probably why he can't get any insurance. We think it's a neat car! He doesn't care if we get it dirty and sometimes when it's hot, he lets us ride on the fenders. We just take turns. But it gets pretty hot with ten people in a car! He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the Highway Patrolman stopped and talked to us. Scout Master Walt is a neat guy! In fact, he's teaching Terry how to drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. Did you know that you don't need guardrails on roads that don't have much traffic? All we ever see up there are logging trucks.
This morning all the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. Scout Master Walt wouldn't let me, cause I can't swim, and Chad was afraid he'd sink because of that big cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake together. It was so great! You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood. Scout Master Walt isn't crabby like some scout masters. He didn't even get mad about our losing the life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the old car, so we're trying not to cause him any trouble.
Guess what? We have all passed the test for our First Aid merit badges. When Dave dove into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Wade and I threw up, but Scout Master Walt said it was probably food poisoning from the leftovers from the old chicken. He said they used to get sick that way from the food they ate in prison. I'm glad he got out, because he became our scout master! He said he sure figured out how to get things done better while he was doing time. I have to go now. We're going to town to mail letters and buy bullets. Don't worry about anything! We're all fine!
Love, Cole
Note from Lois: Regardless of this wild and hilarious letter written home about camp, there are many wonderful camps that treat your children and grandchildren as the treasures that they are, as well as teach biblical principles! I hope you look up one!
HOW TO SURVIVE BABY BOOT CAMP
When you bring your baby home from the hospital, the rigors of basic training begin.
Read this article by Rebecca Ingram Powell: http://www.family.org/parenting/A000000457.cfm
She is a wife, mother of three, and the author of Baby Boot Camp: Basic Training for the First Six Weeks of Motherhood. You can visit her website at http://www.rebeccapowell.com
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